Prescription Drugs

2024-03-13 16:49:07
by Dan McCue
FDA Believed Poised to Approve First Med for a Serious Liver Disease

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to approve the first medicine developed specifically to treat the serious... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to approve the first medicine developed specifically to treat the serious liver disease known as MASH later this week.  Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis -- formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis — is often... Read More

2024-03-06 22:31:22
by Dan McCue
Health Care, Drug Prices to Be Cornerstone of State of the Union

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s plans to do more to lower prescription drug prices and ensure the nation’s health care... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s plans to do more to lower prescription drug prices and ensure the nation’s health care system works better for more Americans will be the centerpiece of his State of the Union address, the White House... Read More

2024-03-04 16:57:13
by Dan McCue
Judge Rules Against Drugmaker in Price Negotiation Lawsuit

WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge in Delaware ruled against the pharmaceutical and biotech company AstraZeneca last Friday in a... Read More

WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge in Delaware ruled against the pharmaceutical and biotech company AstraZeneca last Friday in a case challenging the constitutionality of Medicare’s new drug negotiation program. The case is one of several filed by the pharmaceutical... Read More

2024-03-01 22:46:26
by Dan McCue
CVS, Walgreens to Begin Selling Abortion Pills Later This Month

WASHINGTON — The nation’s two largest pharmacy chains will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in select states later this... Read More

WASHINGTON — The nation’s two largest pharmacy chains will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in select states later this month, just weeks before the Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could lead to its removal from... Read More

2024-02-22 19:32:52
by Dan McCue
House Democrats Launch Inquiry Into Nationwide Drug Shortages

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are pressing some of the nation's largest drug manufacturers... Read More

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are pressing some of the nation's largest drug manufacturers for answers on why there are still intermittent and repeated shortages of cancer meds and other drugs. Led by Rep.... Read More

2024-02-13 15:19:20
by Dan McCue
Federal Judge Tosses PhRMA Suit on Medicare Price Negotiations

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Monday dismissed a PhRMA lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new Medicare... Read More

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Monday dismissed a PhRMA lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new Medicare drug price negotiation program, a major win for the White House, though at least eight other challenges to the initiative... Read More

Studies Cited in Case Over Abortion Pill Retracted Due to Flaws and Conflicts of Interest

A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of... Read More

A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of interest by the authors and flaws in their research. Two of the three studies retracted by medical publisher Sage Perspectives... Read More

2024-02-01 19:18:37
by Dan McCue
Administration Makes First Offer in Drug Price Negotiation Process

WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration on Thursday sent its initial offers to the makers of 10 prescription drugs that have... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration on Thursday sent its initial offers to the makers of 10 prescription drugs that have been selected for price negotiations with Medicare under the Inflation Reduction Act. Medicare is federal health insurance for anyone 65... Read More

Biogen Plans to Shut Down Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Aduhelm

Biogen will stop developing its Alzheimer’s treatment Aduhelm, a drug once seen as a potential blockbuster before stumbling soon after its... Read More

Biogen will stop developing its Alzheimer’s treatment Aduhelm, a drug once seen as a potential blockbuster before stumbling soon after its launch a couple years ago. The drugmaker said Wednesday that it will end a study of the drug needed for... Read More

Florida Can Import Prescription Drugs From Canada, US Regulators Say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medications that follows decades of frustration with U.S. drug prices. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis... Read More

New Weight Loss Drugs Are Out of Reach for Millions of Older Americans Because Medicare Won't Pay

WASHINGTON (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare is forbidden to cover such medications. Drugmakers and a wide-ranging and... Read More

2023-12-08 00:07:57
by Tom Ramstack
White House Threatens to Penalize Pharma Companies for High Prices

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced a plan Thursday to lower prescription drug costs in a move that takes a... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced a plan Thursday to lower prescription drug costs in a move that takes a tough stance toward pharmaceutical companies charging high prices. If the Federal Trade Commission determines the prices are unreasonable, the new... Read More

2023-12-04 22:30:04
by Dan McCue
Justices Appear Divided Over Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Deal

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday over a bankruptcy deal struck by Purdue Pharma that would immunize... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday over a bankruptcy deal struck by Purdue Pharma that would immunize the Sackler family, its one-time owners, from civil lawsuits for their role in the opioid crisis.  The closely watched case is... Read More

2023-11-28 15:54:36
by Dan McCue
FDA Approves First Therapy for Rare Type of Non-Cancerous Tumors

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ogsiveo tablets for adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors, a... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ogsiveo tablets for adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors, a rare subtype of soft tissue sarcomas. Desmoid tumors are non-cancerous but can be locally aggressive, invading surrounding structures and organs,... Read More

Obesity Drug Wegovy Cut Risk of Serious Heart Problems by 20%, Study Finds

The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that... Read More

The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients. The research is the first to document that an... Read More

Mind-Altering Ketamine Becomes Latest Pain Treatment, Despite Little Research

WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy. Prescriptions for ketamine have soared in recent years,... Read More

2023-11-01 18:27:47
by Dan McCue
FDA Approves Biosimilar for Treatment of Multiple Inflammatory Diseases

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Wezlana, a biosimilar interchangeable with Stelara for the treatment of... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Wezlana, a biosimilar interchangeable with Stelara for the treatment of multiple inflammatory diseases. The agency said its approval of Wezlana, which is manufactured by Amgen, was based on a comprehensive... Read More

STUDY: Drug Used in Diabetes Treatment Mounjaro Helped Dieters Shed 60 Pounds

The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter... Read More

The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter of their body weight, or about 60 pounds on average, when combined with intensive diet and exercise, a new study... Read More

Rite Aid Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection as It Deals With Lawsuits and Losses

Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it attempts to restructure... Read More

Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it attempts to restructure while dealing with losses and opioid-related lawsuits. The drugstore chain said late Sunday it also has obtained $3.45 billion in... Read More

2023-10-03 20:15:31
by Dan McCue
Pharma Firms Agree to Participate in Medicare Price Negotiations

WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that all 10 drug companies whose products were selected for price negotiations with... Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that all 10 drug companies whose products were selected for price negotiations with Medicare have agreed to participate in those talks. The companies, which include Bristol Myers Squibb, the maker of Eliquis, Boehringer... Read More

2023-09-20 19:23:53
by TWN Staff
DHS Homeland Security Investigations Releases Strategy to Combat Illicit Opioids

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations on Tuesday released the Strategy for Combating Illicit Opioids, an... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations on Tuesday released the Strategy for Combating Illicit Opioids, an intelligence-driven approach to disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations and keeping dangerous substances, like illicit fentanyl driving the overdose epidemic,... Read More

Biden's Medicare Price Negotiation Push Is Broadly Popular. He's Not Getting Much Credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare's new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare's new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but a poll shows that any immediate political boost that Biden gets for enacting the overwhelmingly popular policy may be limited.... Read More

2023-09-11 17:27:51
by Dan McCue
CDC Awards $279M to 49 States, DC to Prevent Drug Overdoses

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $279 million to 49 states, the District of Columbia and... Read More

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $279 million to 49 states, the District of Columbia and 40 local health departments to help stem the tide of overdoses within their communities.  The agency announced the awards on... Read More

Biden Targets Diabetes Drug Jardiance and Nine Others for Medicare Price Talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is targeting the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications for... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is targeting the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications for Medicare's first-ever drug price negotiations as it seeks to lower medical costs for Americans. The administration on Tuesday released a list... Read More

2023-07-26 20:54:47
by Dan McCue
House Dem Leaders Intro New Drug Price Legislation

WASHINGTON — A trio of House Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday that would extend the savings garnered by the federal government... Read More

WASHINGTON — A trio of House Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday that would extend the savings garnered by the federal government from negotiating prescription drug prices to all who are covered by private health plans. The bill, called the Lowering Drug... Read More

Second Alzheimer's Drug in Pipeline Can Slow Disease but With Safety Risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months,... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday. Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval of donanemab. If cleared, it would... Read More

2023-06-23 17:29:41
by Dan McCue
FDA Issues First Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials With Psychedelic Drugs

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday published a new draft guidance on what researchers should consider when... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday published a new draft guidance on what researchers should consider when investigating the use of psychedelic drugs for potential treatment of medical conditions, including psychiatric or substance use disorders.  The first-of-its-kind... Read More

2023-06-21 19:06:28
by Dan McCue
PhRMA Sues Administration Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Rules

WASHINGTON — PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry’s largest lobbying group, sued the Biden administration on Wednesday asserting provisions of the Inflation... Read More

WASHINGTON — PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry’s largest lobbying group, sued the Biden administration on Wednesday asserting provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act that allow Medicare to start negotiating the prices of certain drugs are unconstitutional. The 59-page complaint, in which... Read More

2023-06-13 18:41:04
by Dan McCue
Health Leaders Urge More Be Done to Prevent Overdose Deaths

WASHINGTON — Top officials at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are urging that more... Read More

WASHINGTON — Top officials at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are urging that more be done to advance the development of rapid drug-testing tools to stem the rising tide of overdose deaths in the... Read More

Hormone Patches or Creams for Menopause Symptoms May Have Lower Blood Pressure Risk Than Pills

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research suggests patches or creams may be safer for their blood pressure than pills. As women's bodies produce lower levels of... Read More

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